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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

303 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR LACLEDE AND

DALLAS COUNTIES...



AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN LACLEDE 

COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF URBANA 

SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR SLEEPER. 



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

URBANA...SLEEPER...AND ELDRIDGE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3779 9241 3748 9226 3751 9317 3792 9319



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